Obituaries
Remembering Loved Ones – Holmes Memorial Chapel Obituaries
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Aug 3, 2011
Johnnie "Nannie" Bernice Black Snapp, 92, of Sullivan passed away at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at Miller's Merry Manor. She was born September 8, 1918 in Oaktown to John W. Black and Winnie Mae Meeks Black. She was a retired factory worker for the RCA Corporation in Bloomington. She was a collector of Teddy Bears and a...
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Jul 30, 2011
Velda L. Schlater, 91, of Sullivan and formerly of Cahokia, IL passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. She was born October 17, 1919 at Silva, MO and was the youngest daughter of the late James Pinkney Wakefield and Nancy Minerva Jane Allen Wakefield. On July 20, 1935 she was united in marriage to...
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Jul 23, 2011
Mary Jean Lowry Markey, age 88, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Seton Specialty Hospital, Indianapolis IN., with family by her side. She was born in 1923 to Gus and Pauline (Batey) Lowry, Sullivan, Indiana. She was in the Sullivan High School graduating class of 1941 and received her Liberal Arts degree from Stephens College, Columbia,...
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Jul 22, 2011
Tony Earl Stewart, 52, of Terre Haute passed away at 2:20 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2011 at his residence. The 1977 graduate of Sullivan High School was born November 3, 1958 in Terre Haute to Henry and Lucille Huff Stewart. Before he was a site manager for Fluor Corporation in Afghanistan, he had served eleven years in the military...
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Jul 17, 2011
Paul Charles Beard, 40, of Sullivan, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident.
Paul was born February 4, 1971 in Sullivan County to Ralph Dee Beard and Kathryn Sue Huff. He was a former ironworker with Local 439 out of Terre Haute, collection and service technician for Huff Amusements of...
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Jul 9, 2011
Jackie B. Smith, 83, Sullivan, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Terre Haute Union Hospital. He was born Aug. 9, 1927 in Cotton Valley, AL to Bervil T. Smith and Nannie Cobb Smith. He was employed 35 years by Pfizer & Co. in the Quality Control, Biological Vaccine and Research Divisions. Jack graduated from Sullivan High School with...
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Jul 2, 2011
Velma N. Whitlock, 80, of Shelburn passed away at 7:00 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2011 in her residence. The Shelburn High School graduate, and homemaker was born October 4, 1930 in Shelburn to Walter "Buck" Hayes and Nellie Lewis Hayes. She was a member of the Shelburn Church of God.
She was preceded in death by her...
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Jun 22, 2011
Kenneth Floyd "K. F." Smith, 71, Ocean Springs, Miss., passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2011.
He was born July 18, 1939, to K. B. and Helen Pyles Smith in Sullivan. Before moving to Ocean Springs, he worked in Sullivan with his family business and spent time on Anna Marie Island, Fla., owning several businesses there. Moving to...
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Jun 19, 2011
Rosemary J. "Rosie" Stierwalt, 90 of Sullivan passed away at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Miller's Merry Manor. The 1939 graduate of Sullivan High School was born May 22, 1921 in Indianapolis to Charles Parks and Mary Hadden Parks. She was a retired assistant secretary at the Farm Bureau Insurance and a former employee of Gossards. She...
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Jun 17, 2011
Sharon Lee Creel, 64, of Silver Springs, FL and formerly of Shelburn passed away at 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2011 at the Tuscany House Hospice. The 1964 graduate of Utica High School was born August 11, 1946 in Detroit, MI to Robert Clark and Velsa Houser Clark. She was a registered nurse at I.U. Medical Center and a...
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Jun 16, 2011
Leland A. "Pat" Padgett, of Sullivan passed away at 1:28 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Millers Merry Manor, in Sullivan, IN.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Marjorie Ellen Sparks Padgett, children Janna Beth LeMay, Jay K. Padgett (Tammie), Jon M. Padgett, and grandchildren Kris (Courtney) Walters of Sullivan, Zak Padgett of Casey,...
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Jun 14, 2011
Janet Rose Daugherty, 70, of Sullivan passed away at 5:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The 1958 graduate of Sullivan High School was born April 17, 1941 in Merom to Austin Rusk and Charlotte Smith Rusk. She was a medical clerk for the Clearvista Women's Hospital and a member of the First Baptist Church....
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Jun 5, 2011
Patricia Ann Glenz, 72, of Shelburn, passed away at 7:50 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2011 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born on February 15, 1939 to William Daniels and Ruby Liva Daniels. She was a homemaker and had attended Terre Haute Lab School and was a member of Farmersburg Presbyterian Church.
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Jun 3, 2011
Charles Henry "Chuck" Wells, Jr., 71, of Sullivan passed away at 10:02 a.m. Friday, June 3, 2011 at the Terre Haute Regional Hospital. The 1958 graduate of Trafalgar High School was born June 6, 1939 in Roodhouse, IL to Charles H. Wells, Sr and Lottie Mae Edwards Wells. He was the former owner and operator of Charles H. Wells,...
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Jun 1, 2011
Betty Jean Riggs, 77, of Sullivan passed away at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital after her fifteen year battle with COPD. The 1952 graduate and valedictorian of Graysville High School was born May 27, 1934 in Sullivan to Jessie Harris and Elda Parr Harris. She was a teachers aid at the Shelburn...
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May 29, 2011
Betty Jo Ammerman, 70, of Dugger passed away at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29, 2011 in her residence. She was born February 11, 1941 in Sullivan County to Ernest Grimes and Dorothy Partlow Grimes. She was a homemaker and a member of the Harvest Temple Church of God. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, an infant son...
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May 28, 2011
Dorothy N. Howard, 83, of Shelburn passed away at 6:01 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 2011 at her residence. She was born June 22, 1927 in Central City, KY to Homer Hearld and Hallie Doss Hearld. She was a homemaker and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Howard, her parents...
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Apr 28, 2011
Albert Keith Monroe, 90, of Carlisle passed away at 10:25 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Breckenridge Health and Living Center. The 1938 graduate of New Lebanon High School was born May 15, 1920 in New Lebanon to William Monroe and Alta Brown Monroe. He was a retired farmer and a former heavy equipment operator. Keith was a...
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Apr 27, 2011
Jimmy V. "Jim" Shorter, 81, of Ruidoso, NM and formerly of Carlisle and New Lebanon passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011. The 1948 graduate of New Lebanon High School was born April 4, 1930 in New Lebanon to Wayne Shorter and Evelyn Schlichter Shorter. Jim, was a retired truck driver and a member of the Teamsters Union, he was...
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Apr 18, 2011
Norma Ernestine Bledsoe, 86, of Hymera passed away at 12:38 p.m. Monday, April 18, 2011 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born on February 23, 1925 in Hymera to Austin Sparks and Bessie Thomas Sparks. Norma attended Hymera High School and married Robert Bledsoe who preceded her in death in 1993. She was a homemaker.
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